Tscon

Updated: January 21, 2005

Connects to another session.

Syntax

Tscon {SessionID | SessionName} [/dest:SessionName] [/password:Password] [/v]

Parameters

SessionID

The ID of the session to which you want to connect. If you use the optional /dest:SessionName parameter, this is the ID of the session to which you want to connect.

SessionName

The name of the session to which you want to connect.

/dest:SessionName

Specifies the name of the current session. This session will disconnect when you connect to the new session.

/password:Password

The password of the user who owns the session to which you want to connect. This password is required when the connecting user does not own the session.

Displays information about the actions being performed.

Displays help at the command prompt.

Remarks

You must have Full Control access permission or Connect special access permission to connect to another session.
The /dest:SessionNam parameter allows you to connect the session of another user to a different session.
If you do not specify a password in the Password parameter, and the target session belongs to a user other than the current one, tscon fails.
You cannot connect to the console session.

Examples

To connect to session 12 on the current terminal server and disconnect the current session, type:

tscon 12

To connect to session 23 on the current terminal server, using the password mypass, and disconnect the current session, type:

tscon 23 /password:mypass

To connect the session named TERM03 to the session named TERM05, and then disconnect session TERM05, if it is connected, type:

tscon TERM03 /v /dest:TERM05

Formatting legend

Format	Meaning
Italic	Information that the user must supply
Bold	Elements that the user must type exactly as shown
Ellipsis (...)	Parameter that can be repeated several times in a command line
Between brackets ([])	Optional items
Between braces ({}); choices separated by pipe (\|). Example: {even\|odd}	Set of choices from which the user must choose only one
Courier font	Code or program output

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